An obscure literary reference
The TV is playing in the background. I am blissfully unaware of what is going on. I can tell from the language and the lack of laughter that’s something from France. Again no social commentary here. And then a question came from the other end of the couch. Did I know anything about people putting barbed wire around their arms or legs. Like a tattoo? No, the real thing like you would find at the back of a farm. And I remembered the reference. Like so many others I had read those Dan Brown books and I knew about strange rituals among the hyper religious. Something about recalling the suffering of Christ. Not my gig obviously. It just shows that certain things cross the barriers of language. I wonder? Did Mr. Brown pick up the idea of a wreath around your arm from something he had seen or something he had read or something he had also seen on French TV. I will probably never know. We don’t talk much. It just reminds me that on TV you may see almost anything. Elsewhere, today, I learned that one political party in the United States is suddenly very frightened of a cultural icon. Since Tailor has won Person of the Year; an award which is, so far, eluded their man on the street. And they are now frightened that she has a plot to steal the next election. I guess it’s best to find someone to blame before the fact. You know, the legion of singers who are going to vote against their man. Or one singer and all those fans. Real life is often better than theatre.
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